mhinz/vim-signify

Health v2 · maintenance only

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2728 stars · 113 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A Vim/Neovim plugin that displays added, modified, and removed lines in the sign column for files managed by a version control system. It supports many VCSs including git, mercurial, subversion, and perforce, with asynchronous updates and hunk navigation.

Use cases

• show git diff markers in vim gutter
• navigate between changed hunks in vim
• see which lines changed since last commit in neovim
• preview line changes in a popup window
• show diff stats in vim statusline
• work with multiple VCSs in vim
• toggle diff signs per buffer on demand

When to choose

• you use Vim 8+ or Neovim and want VCS diff indicators in the sign column
• you work with VCSs beyond git, such as mercurial, subversion, or perforce
• you need hunk navigation and an operator acting on hunks
• you want to preserve signs from other plugins

When to avoid

• you only use git and prefer the more popular vim-gitgutter
• you use an older Vim version without async support and don't want the legacy tag
• you use VS Code or another editor instead of Vim/Neovim

Facets

plugin · maturity stable

version-control developer-tools editor developer-tools version-control text-editors editor-plugin cross-platform vim-plugin neovim diff-indicators sign-column git mercurial subversion async hunk-navigation

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